Commentary for Yevamot 144:14

ולא והא קתני הערל והטמא פטורים מן הראייה התם משום דמאיס

the Tanna<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whenever he deals with uncleanness caused by touch. ');">⁴⁴</span> should not have omitted to state.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and (he) should teach'. ');">⁴⁵</span> 'The uncircumcised and the unclean', and one would at once suggest that the author was R. Akiba!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since, however. the uncircumcised is always omitted. it follows that, with the exception of the case of the red heifer, he does not have the same status as the unclean. How then could it be said that according to R. Akiba the uncircumcised may not touch terumah? ');">⁴⁶</span> — But does he not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mention the two side by side. ');">⁴⁷</span>

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